I originally bought the sheep for milk because I was learning how to make cheese and I had heard that sheep milk makes the best cheese. Once we finally brought the sheep home, however, it became pretty clear that it was going to be a while before they let me get anywhere near them, much less try and milk them! Because of this, I decided to shift my focus to learning how to spin the wool into yarn. (Did I mention that I had never learned to knit or crochet?)
I’ve also never really been around livestock before. I did not grow up anywhere near a farm! But we got tired of living in the city and dealing with HOA’s and traffic noise, so we moved to a more rural area. Our hobby farm is small, just two acres in the Nevada desert. I would love to have some lush green pastures, but for now we make do and buy hay. A LOT of hay! It’s been a steep learning curve, but I am loving it and I would love to have others learn along with me.
In addition to the sheep, we also have over a dozen chickens, 3 Nigerian Dwarf goats, a cat, and a dog named Lady. We plan on breeding the 4 churro ewes this fall so the numbers are in a constant flux.
I’m an enthusiastic cheesemaker and an accidental shepherdess. In my efforts to make better cheese, I purchased 3 Navajo-Churro sheep for milk. Ha! I soon realized that wasn’t going to happen.
No problem! I just changed my focus to spinning the fiber into yarn and I am loving it. I’m still not great at it, but I have improved considerably.
Here on my blog, I’m sharing the details about my sheep, their wool, and how I am preparing the fiber for spinning, felting, and sometimes just for compost!
I originally bought the sheep for milk because I was learning how to make cheese and I had heard that sheep milk makes the best cheese.
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